History eluded the Brooklyn woman trying to beat the world record for the quickest trip through the city’s subway system.
Stefanie Gray, 24, failed to finish in under 22 hours, 52 minutes and 36 seconds.
Gray — a campaign coordinator with the mass transit advocacy group Transportation Alternatives — left from 34th Street yesterday at 12:37 pm yesterday.
Shortly after she missed the record breaking time, she tweeted, “Not sure how long it’ll take[to finish]. Our entire route got botched by reroutings, that 40-min Rockaway ‘rush hour’ wait, and a police evacuation.” As of 3 p.m. today, Gray was still riding the rails.
She plans on completing her journey through every station in the system.
Gray wanted to break the record as an attempt to draw attention to the need for more mass transit funding from Albany.
She has been collecting signatures at StopTheFareHike.Org to bring to Gov. Cuomo to petition for more money for the MTA.
She is trying to get 50,000 signatures to try and stop MTA fares from increasing next year.
“I’m aware that we missed the record, but I’m also aware that this ride is still awesome – for something that matters,” she tweeted.